Baltimore drops to 53-51 on season

Daniel Norris took a three-hitter into the eighth inning in his Detroit debut, J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer and the Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.

Norris (2-1) was obtained by the Tigers on Thursday in the deal that sent former Cy Young Award winner David Price to Toronto. Making his seventh career start, the 22-year-old Norris provided a glimpse of his potential against a contender that won seven of its previous eight games.

Norris allowed one run, four hits and a walk in 7 1/3 innings -- the longest outing of his career. The left-hander hadn't started in the majors since April 30, and was 3-10 with a 4.27 ERA for Triple-A Buffalo this season.

On this day, however, Norris was dominant. Assuming Price's spot in the rotation, the rookie proved to be a suitable replacement for the left-handed ace. The only glaring flaw in his performance came in the fourth inning, when Chris Davis homered on a 2-1 pitch.

That was pretty much the extent of the Baltimore offense. After scoring 20 runs in the first three games of the series, the Orioles went quietly against a team that apparently turned the page to next year by dealing Price, closer Joakim Soria and slugger Yeonis Cespedes before Friday's non-waiver trade deadline.

Despite the loss, Baltimore went 5-2 on a homestand that began with a sweep of the Atlanta Braves.

President says plan is 'the biggest most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change'

The Obama administration will unveil a major climate change plan Monday aimed at a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's coal-burning power plants, a senior administration official told CNN.

President Barack Obama said Thursday night that he can feel some Democratic members of Congress getting "squishy" in their support of the Iran deal, bowing to the "political heat" they feel from the "fierce" lobbying campaign against the Iran deal.

The "Clean Power Plan" is the final version of regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency, which President Barack Obama called "the biggest most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change," in a video released by the White House on social media Saturday night.

The plan will call for a reduction power-sector carbon pollution of 32% from 2005 levels in 2030 -- a 9% increase over the 2014 draft proposal, the official said. It will also call for a more aggressive transition to renewable energy.

"Power plants are the single biggest source of harmful carbon pollution that contributes to climate change," Obama said in the video. "Until now, there have been no federal limits to the amount of carbon pollution plants dump in the air."

The plan, which will also include a requirement for states to submit their own respective plans, is already being met with major opposition from congressional Republicans and governors, including Wisconsin governor and presidential candidate Scott Walker.

Even before the rule was announced, many states announced plans to fight it, including some vows to take the administration to court over the new rules. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged states not to comply with the plan in a letter to all 50 governors.

Critics also said that the plan will bring unwelcome increases in electricity prices.

"This plan is all pain and no gain," said Luke Popovich, vice president of communications for the National Mining Association. "That's why state leaders across the country are coming to the same conclusion -- that we should not sacrifice our power system to an unworkable plan built on a faulty interpretation of the law."

A multi-million dollar campaign backed by the energy industry has sought to debunk the science of climate change, but polls show most Americans believe the planet is warming.

Coal supplied 37% of U.S. electricity in 2012, compared to 30% from natural gas, 19% from nuclear power plants, 7% from hydropower sources such as dams and 5% from renewable sources such as wind and solar, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

EPA officials have conceded in the past that some of the dirtiest power plants now operating, such as older coal-fired plants, will end up shuttered as the nation shifts its reliance from traditional fossil fuel sources to cleaner alternatives.

Expecting a tough fight, the White House will launch, what it describes as an "all-out climate push" by the President and cabinet officials to fan out to sell the plan. In the next several weeks, Obama will travel to Nevada to speak at the National Clean Energy Summit and later become the first sitting President to go to the Alaskan Arctic.

The impending battle ahead could be seen as a major legacy issue for Obama as he transitions into the last quarter of his presidency.

"There are few issues more important to the president," a senior administration official said, adding that Obama is likely to make the case that climate change is a moral, economic and national security obligation in the months ahead.

The news of the President's plan was hailed on Sunday by Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley.

A White House petition requesting that dentist Walter Palmer, who killed a prized lion in Zimbabwe, be extradited to the African nation to face justice should receive a response from the Obama administration.

Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has accused Jan Casimir Seski, of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April.

It happened near Hawange National Park without approval and on land where it was not allowed, the wire service reported.

The killing adds to the outcry after a Minnesota dentist killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July. Zimbabwe officials want the United States to extradite Walter Palmer.

A local landowner involved in the April killing was arrested and is assisting police, the AP reported.

Seski directs the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The AP reported that Seski can be seen in pictures on safari and bow-hunting sites next to slain elephants, an impala, a kudu, a Nyala, a hippo and an ostrich.

The AP knocked on Seski’s door and left a message with his answering service but received no immediate response.

National Parks spokeswoman Caroline Washaya Moyo told the AP that Seski had provided his name and other identifying information for a government database when he came for the hunt.

"When hunters come into the country they fill a document stating their personal details, the amount they have paid for the hunt, the number of animals to be hunted, the species to be hunted and the area and period where that hunt is supposed to take place," she said. "The American conducted his hunt in an area where lion hunting is outlawed. The landowner who helped him with the hunt also did not have a have a quota for lion hunting."

This weekend, a third lion was feared killed. But Jericho the lion is alive and well and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed on Sunday.

Brent Stapelkamp dismissed reports that the lion had been killed, saying a GPS device on Jericho didn't suggest anything out of the ordinary. Furthermore, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, which told CNN and other media Saturday that poachers had killed Jericho, retracted those statements on Sunday.

The head of the conservation task force, Johnny Rodrigues, said in a new statement that the erroneous information was the result of mistaken identity. Rodrigues said that another lion had been killed, something that CNN cannot immediately verify.

As proof of life, Oxford University tweeted a photo of Jericho, taken by Stapelkamp early Sunday morning.

A 28-year-old man was shot multiple times in the face and chest around 2:20 a.m. on North Payson Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg and was grazed by a bullet to his head around 12:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Traction Street, police said. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2477 or Metro Crime Stoppers 866-7LOCKUP.

A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times in the chest and torso around 1:20 a.m. in the 2100 block of Vine Street. He was in serious condition at a hospital. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2477 or Metro Crime Stoppers 866-7LOCKUP.

Seven people ages 20 to 25 were shot around 2:20 a.m. in the 2900 block of Garrsion Avenue, police said. Each victim was listed as stable. Anyone with information about the Garrison Boulevard shootings is asked to call police at 410-396-2466 or Metro Crime Stoppers 866-7LOCKUP.